OUIL603 Extended Practice - Into the Woods/Pretty Nasty, Evaluation

Whilst i'm happy in how professional these look, and how well they're presented - I do think there is still something a little bit lacking about the way they look, or maybe its just the himalayan balsam one? I'm still trying to find a middle ground between my digital work, and my analogous work - and whilst i've wrestled with that process throughout this brief I do still think it's something I still need to work on in the future.

I came to this as my 'big kahuna' project late into the academic year, having done a wide variety of other collaborative briefs. My confidence in my abilities as a creator have been down the pan for a large part of the academic year, and a lot of the work i've taken on has been in part designed for me to 'find' a process, or an area of practice i've wanted to work in. 

A repeated criticism i've received in my work is that it isn't serious, or professionally rendered enough, which has been a point of obsession for me this year trying to find ways to create images that look refined and professional at their outcome. I feel like as a set - the work i've created for this achieves this, but I feel that it's almost gone too much the other way. In my efforts to keep refining it, it's become too processed and rendered, and I don't think it reflects my personality as a creator or as an illustrator much at all. 

My main take away from this brief has been to have confidence in the work I can make - because I know I can create good work, and when I enjoy what I make and i'm passionate about it, it turns out so much better. I had so much fun working on all the different processes, it reminded me of what it feels like to actually be a playful illustrator, and I've spent too long listening to what other people's opinions on my work have been without focusing on what I actually want to make. 

Overall whilst I don't think this has been my most successful outcome - I think i've had some really successful moments within it, and I want to take these and move on with it the best that I can.